As we make our way into another school year next week, I thought I’d let you know about some of the exciting events coming up. First, our late summer mission trip w ill be happening August 26-September 3. Five people from our congregation our spending the last week of the month helping victims of the flooding in the central part of our state. Please keep George and Jeannette Tabb, Jim Bovard, Stephen Bossung and Jason Mullens in your prayers.

The Stewardship and Vision team has been working on the budget for 2017, and they will be collecting pledge cards on Sunday, August 28. Please be in prayer about your financial support of the mission of this congregation. I spent much of the early summer preaching about offering, and if you need some passages to review, I encourage you to read over:

• Genesis 4 : 1-16; 8 : 20-9:9; 22 : 1-19
• Joshua 7
• 1 Samuel 1 : 1-18
• Malachi 3 : 6-15
• Romans 12 : 1-2

On Sunday, August 28, we will also have a hymn sing as part of our morning worship. In the weeks ahead, please think about what you want to sing that morning. Sunday, September 11, is Rally Day and Youth Sunday (**ALSO CTPC resumes the school season services schedule). In addition to kicking off the school year for Christian Education, the youth will be leading the worship service at both services. As part of the sermon that morning, we will get a report on how the mission trip went in June. On Sunday, September 18, we will hear a report from the late summer mission trip to Webster County. May God continue to bless us as we busily serve him!

Blessings,

Pastor John